Chelsea and Arsenal are rivals. Because both teams are based in London, the rivalry is amplified. However, this rivalry has not been carried over into the transfer window, as both teams have exchanged players frequently during the English Premier League era, with some of them not being direct sales from one of the London clubs to the other. Jorginho is the thirteenth player to have played for both clubs during the EPL era. The European Championship winner joined the Gunners after his services were no longer required at Chelsea due to the signing of Enzo Fernandez. The Gunners paid £12 million for the Italian midfielder.
David Luiz is another player who has represented both clubs. After his second spell at Chelsea ended, the Brazilian defender joined the Gunners. Oliver Giroud is another player who has played for both clubs. Arsenal sold him to Chelsea.
Petr Cech is one of the most well-known players to have represented both clubs. The Chelsea legend was a member of Jose Mourinho's team that dominated the English Premier League. He joined Arsenal in 2015 for a fee of around £10 million. He retired in 2019.
The following is a complete list of the 13 players who have played for both Arsenal and Chelsea during the English Premier League era:
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Atalanta climbed into the Serie A Champions League with a 2-0 win over rivals Lazio on Saturday as hopeful top four compatriots Roma stumbled to a 1-1 draw against Lecce.
Goals from Davide Zappacosta and Rasmus Hojlund lifted Bergamo from sixth to third, edging past Lazio, defending champions AC Milan and Roma in an uphill battle to qualify for the tournament. top of the clubs in Europe.
Maurizio Sarri's Lazio, which should have been able to beat city rivals Roma with a win at the Stadio Olimpico, fell to sixth and two points behind the top four.
Atalanta, Roma and fifth-placed Milan have the same 41 points but are still about 15 points behind leaders Napoli.
Atalanta made the breakthrough in a breath-taking encounter in the Italian capital when Zappacosta unleashed a sweet finish into the top corner in the 23rd minute. Young Danish striker Hojlund doubled the lead for Gian Piero Gasperini's army in the 65th minute, after Ademola Lookman's pass cost Lazio for not taking advantage of the opportunity.
Wijnaldum returns to Rome
Roma's Jose Mourinho sits in last place in the Champions League after losing two points to 14th-placed Lecce as Dutch star Georginio Wijnaldum returns from a long-awaited injury.
They got off to a bad start when Roger Ibanez, under pressure, conceded an own goal from a corner in the seventh minute.
Paulo Dybala equalized from the penalty spot 10 minutes later after a handball from Lecce as Roma reacted strongly to an early goal.
But the visitors, excited by the return of midfielder Wijnaldum from the bench after a long absence due to a broken tibia in August, were unable to find a winner. Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone shone with a series of brilliant saves when three times denied Tammy Abraham.
Empoli scored the equalizer in injury time as they bounced from two goals to a 2-2 draw at home to relegation-threatened Spezia in an entertaining game that left both sides with just 10 to play. People.
Fabiano Parisi was sent off for the home side 21 minutes into the match after reviewing the VAR after arming a header from a corner kick.
Empoli goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario thought he had saved Daniele Verde's penalty, but the referee ordered the penalty to be retaken for the foul, and Verde got it right the second time around.
Verde gave Spezia a 2-0 lead with a superb long-range shot in the 31st minute, but Salvatore Esposito's red card for a second foul shortly after half-time turned the game in favor of Empoli. Nicolo Cambiaghi halved the deficit with a 71st-minute goal before Emanuel Vignato's injury-time equalizer prevented a win that should have been valuable for 17th-placed Spezia, five points above the area. relegation zone.
Olivier Giroud ended AC Milan's dramatic decline with the only goal in a 1-0 win over Torino at the San Siro on Friday.
The French striker's header after Theo Hernandez's cross in the second half ended the champions' three-match unbeaten streak in the Italian top flight.
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